The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1887-06-09
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Then the writer showed how We
BIZ carelessness, do fail to improve
this great opportunity. Our insti-
buttons fail to make moral men often.
SO many Of our schools teach EVo-
tuition. which leads almost ineyita-
bly to materialism All intuitiyely
accept the truth of Immortality.
This truth is reafirmed by the New
Testament. Hence these tendencies
leading to the neglect OF morality
and Christianity should be carefully
removed from our educational sys-
TENS Intellect alone is not suffi !
Gent. The poor and rich classes
are not treated alike in our churches
This should not be 50. The poor
and the wealthy must be equal in a
moral sense. And when this IS SO
will our true heritage be enjoyed and
and G Christianity will per
fectly have their sway.
Mr.. Snider's delivery was unas-
Stunning, and free from. mannerisms,
and was calculated to inspire atten-
ton il the breasts of his hearers.
Music.
The Columbian orator, Mr.. II. @.
Stoetzer, of Wheeling, first was in.
troduced. His subject was ''The In
crease of Crime-Its Cause and
Cure"
He began by saying: Cicero
once said, "Crime is the only thing
against which governments must
guard AS civiliy alton advances
crime increases. Then he gave some
statistics showing the rapid increase
Of crime. This must. be checked.
In eradicating any evil these things
are necessary: l, Recognized as
existing; 2. Causes understood and
means Of remedies known. The
first cause is that the sins Of the
father are transmitted to his chill
dren, and hence may COME into the
world with most irresistible i'm
pulse to commit crime. The second
cause IL engirpnueat; The deyel-
opment Of inherited tendencies de-
pend upon environment. Nothing
pure is found in impurity. Another
cause Of increasing crime is the fall
lacy that all men are equal. Even
charity is a cause of crime. De-
spite all it's kindnesses, when car
5ried to excess lit creates criminals.
Men from it's ministrations become
parasites and paupers. Lastly, the
press, with its description Of vice and
crime lessons the sanctities of hu-
man life. Numerous other causes,
such as poverty, intemperance, avar-
ice and others are the generators Of
crime. Only a.gfew of the many
cures can be named. The Pulpit,
the Press. Care in selecting part
|ners for matrimony charity, proper
~ administered and right applica-
ton of the law of heredity as a So
tcial force. Laws of heredity and
the effects Of their transgressions
must be shown. Heredity will pro
duce its effects whether controlled
wisely Or unwisely. Only by elm
mating the cause Of crime can it's
cure be effected. When men have
the courage to apply the remedy
then and only then shall we see it
disappear as the mist before the
beams Of the morning sun.
This speaker in a very animated
style, displayed ability as an
orator. Mr.. Stoetzer's enunciation
is somewhat faulty, but his speak
ing is forcible.
The subject of the Parthenon ora
tor, Nh. Thos. G. Rector of Wood
county, was, Social Equipoise.n The
following are extracts from this ex-
cellent grafton:
Grayitation is an universal law.
That force which binds the elements
Of earth extends its sway to the dis
tant depths Of the skyand controls
the movements Of every planet, star
and sun.
It has passed into an aphorism
that achildren commence where their
fathers left off and end where their
fathers began. It is common OBJ
seryation that men sweat and strive
to- accumulate wealth which il soon
to be squandered BY their spend
thrift sons.
In matrimonial alliances it has
been the subject Of remark, even
joke, that the large select the small,
the tall prefer the short, and the